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1955 MOUNT VERNON SEMINARY 2100 Foxhall Road Washington, D. C.
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The Passage of Time Time, that dimension of the world which we measure in terms of before and after.” Bergson Time is infinite . . . perpetual . . . eternal. Chronologists have standardized it with clocks, history books, calendars, and time zones; but still its essence cannot be fully conceived by the human mind. Philosophers, grasping for an explanation, have given us several definitions. A nostalgic songwriter said, Turn Back the Hands of Time.” Poets expound upon the immensity of the universe, the end of the world, and the infinity of the stars. Yet, while we are receptive to the philosopher’s theory and sensitive to the poet’s dream, we tend to think of time in relation to our own lives and the lives of those we love. What sister, wife, daughter, or mother doesn’t remember the day when the war ended in Korea? When our parents laughingly recall the first automobiles or the Roaring Twenties,” we are probably not as impressed as we would be if they were discussing the first 3-D movies, the hydrogen bomb, the first jet to fly around the world, or any of the other spectacular events that have taken place during our lifetime. What will future generations remember about the year 1954-55? Perhaps scientists will talk about the imperfections of color television. People will marvel at the scientific synthesis of food without the aid of sunlight. Maybe historians will be debating about the famous Dixon-Yates Conferences. Perhaps this year may be considered a turning point in the Formosan situation. Whatever they will be saying, those dim faces of tomorrow, let us hope that their inspiration comes from the past, just as our hope is placed in the future. In the light of the preceding paragraphs, the Cupola of 1955 introduces its theme, the passage of time. To represent time we have chosen a familiar, everyday object, the clock. Since the world began, man has constantly improved his means of telling time. The first method was probably to observe the sun and the stars. In Egypt, the obelisk was used to tell the time of day. This was based on the simple principle of a perpendicular casting a shadow in the sun’s rays. Similar to the obelisk, the sundial was widely used in Europe. The hourglass probably originated in medieval times, but it wasn’t until the Continued on Page 6 4
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